Christa's Home for Children
The heart of Christ's Home is to serve the Lord by providing services to senior adults and disadvantaged children in an atmosphere graced with love, dignity, compassion and respectIn continuous operation since l903, Christ's Home is a charitable 501(c)(3) organization founded as a non-denominational Christian ministry serving children and seniors.Established in 1903 by Dr. Albert Oetinger and Katherine Krausslach, Christ’s Home was founded as a faith based non-denominational organization caring for children in Philadelphia. Christ’s Home consolidated its various residential cottages in Warminster, Bucks County, Pennsylvania in 1907. The Warminster campus currently operates three group homes for children ages 4-16, an Infant & Toddler program and a Transitional Living Program for teen-age boys. In 1936, a branch of Christ's Home for Children opened inradise, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Originally serving preschool age children, theradise campus currently operates two group homes for children ages 4-16 and a Transitional Living Program for teen-age girls.Christ's Home Retirement Community began in 1923 and is a vitalrt of the larger ministry of Christ's Home. Christ's Home Retirement Community provides affordable, quality living for residents with a variety of needs. The retirement community offers everything from independent living apartments and cottages to the security of on-site Assisted Living and Skilled Nursing Services. Conveniently located less than a mile from shopping centers, restaurants, banks and churches, the community offers a unique country setting with the convenience of historical and cultural attractions nearby. In 2008, Christ’s Home opened Shepherd’s Crossing, an expansion of the Continuing Care Retirement Community that offers independent living in cottages.Foster care